The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 31, 1978
Waning Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 AM
3:59 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 685
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.0° / 230.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 3.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.94° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.69° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.